Ep: 125 - Scale of Evil (Part 1) Levels 1,2, and 3 (Self Defense Murder) - Reviewing Dr. Michael Stone's "Scale of Evil"

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Prof Michael Drane reviews Dr. Michael Stone's "Scale of Evil" using infamous cases. This episode looks at the first 3 levels of murder- Self Defense, Jealousy, & Companion Murders

Check out The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime. Copyright © 2019 by Michael H. Stone, MD, and Gary Brucato, PhD.

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A Brief Description of The Scale Of Evil in This Episode

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NOT EVIL

1. Justified Homicide

The least malevolent: Those who have killed in self-defense and do not show psychopathic features.

2. Jealous Lovers, Non-Psychopathic

Though egocentric or immature, evildoers in this category committed their crimes in the heat of passion.

3. Willing Companions Of Killers

Still far from psychopathic, some have antisocial traits and an aberrant personality. They're often driven by impulse.

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About Dr. Michael Stone

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“Dr. Michael Stone is a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia. His specialty is personality disorders - most especially “borderline personality disorder.” But in recent years he has concentrated as well on the extremes of personality, as shown by persons who show antisocial, psychopathic, and sadistic traits. This led to an interest in the kinds of people committing murder - spanning the spectrum from jealousy murders to serial killers and torturers. Recently he served as the host of the Discovery Channel show, “Most Evil,” for which he was sent around the country interviewing serial killers and murderers of other types. This experience, plus his research over the past twenty years, led to his writing The Anatomy of Evil (appearing in July of 2009). The book explores the “why” factor: what are the inborn and environmental factors that cause certain people to commit murder and, at the extreme end, to behave with uncommon cruelty toward their fellow man. Modeled after Dante’s Inferno, the book progresses from the least to the most “evil” crimes, and contains a chapter devoted to recent contributions from neuroscience toward understanding the mind of the psychopath.”

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About UPC

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Unpopular Culture Podcast is a psychology podcast hosted by Professor & Psychoanalyst Michael Drane. With help from professionals in different fields, he seeks to shine light into the broken underbelly of society.

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True Crime: serial killers, murders, stalkers, cults, forensic analysis

Psychology: mental illness, social phenomenon, mob mentality, psychoanalysis, etc. 

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Ep: 27 - How to Convince Someone that Needs Help to Get it

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HOW DO YOU CONVINCE SOMEONE THAT NEEDS HELP, TO GET IT?

In the past week I have binged your podcast! Now that I've gotten the compliments out of the way. My sons 18 year old girlfriend was diagnosed a few years ago with depression and anxiety. She hasn't been taking any prescription medications for her condition for well over a year now, Over the past month, her depressive symptoms have been bad. My son has strongly suggested that she go sees professional help again, but she seems to be shrugging it off. I have also talked to her about getting help, because I have have suffered with the same condition for years. All of this being said, how do you convince someone who needs help to get it?

ENVIRONMENTAL CLUES
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?

Psychologists think environmental factors are awesome! Obviously not for the person suffering from the illness, but for the therapists, being able to see what triggers the person is helpful in diagnosis and treatment.

WHAT FLAVOR OF DEPRESSION DO YOU HAVE?

What are her depressive symptoms? Because they range quite a bit, All the way from mild social withdrawal, laying in bed a little bit more, binge eating not eating, or eve3n worse: engaging in self-harm behavior or attempting/threatening suicide? Gaining weight, losing weight?

WE ARE ADVOCATES OF PRESCRIPTIONS AS A LAST RESORT.

Not to say that there aren't people out there that need certain medications to cope with severe mental disorders. But the tendency to take medications like Wellbutrin and other anti-depressants the moment you feel sad is running rampant these days. It is encouraging to hear that the 18 year old has only had issues in the past month. I would resist the temptation to jump back on medication if she has been off of it for a more than a year, successfully. Try to look at what environmental trigger was present in her life at that time, about a month ago.

We actually believe that certain psychotropics can cause brain damage over a long period of time. Justin Krause cleverly makes the analogy on air that Medications are not surgical, the pill you take doesn't affect just that specifically desperate area of your brain specific to your illness. No, it works like chemotherapy, attacking it all like a battlefield. And the side effects are not scarce.

For Depression and Anxiety, we suggest: 

Exercise, Meditation, Mindfulness, engaging in thing you like, interacting with people. The best cure for depression is activity. Engage, do things.

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Unpopular Culture Podcast is a psychology podcast hosted by Professor & Psychoanalyst Michael Drane. With help from professionals in different fields, he seeks to shine light into the broken underbelly of society.

Listen as he takes on the psychology behind subjects like:

True Crime: serial killers, murders, stalkers, cults, forensic analysis

Psychology: mental illness, social phenomenon, mob mentality, psychoanalysis, etc. 

Culture: Sexuality, Satanic Panic, love, Tv analysis, movie analysis. 

We are an independent psychology podcast. Help us keep UPC free of ads and on the air. Please consider supporting the show and get access to our "Stalkers Only" archive, and help be a part of the creative process.

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Ep: 12 - (Stalker Only Episode) Driverless Cars

Do you trust your technology to make the decision to save your life? Michael is joined by Designer Corey Stewart and Photographer Andrew Baker to talk about Driverless cars. Are they safe? What companies are putting these out? Will Apple, Google, and Tesla take responsibility is someone dies in a driverless car?